National Theatre
The Barbican
Our first few days here we put our way finding activities into practice. After a short walk around the hotel to get adjusted to the new setting, we began our site visits. Throughout the past few days, we have managed to visit several sites including the Barbican which I was perplexed about at first. Upon entering the Barbican, I wasn’t really sure what made that particular area stand out from an architectural standpoint. When we got inside the Barbican I learned that this area was not just a housing complex but somewhat of a mini city.The Barbican houses a school, theater, library, restaurants and waterways surrounded by an array of flowers plants and other greenery.
On the second day, we made a brief stop at the National Theater, which also falls under the brutalist architecture category. This one looked much different than the Barbican in that it was lighter and had no real green space. The theatre also seemed to be structured in such a way that the focus was on the pillars as a vertical unit, rather than most of them laying horizontal like in the Barbican.